Strategic Sourcing Senior Buyer

DAVID HERNANDEZ

Vero Beach, FL ***** email: ************@*****.*** or *********@*******.***

SUMMARY

Over 15 years' experience in end-to-end contracting, supplier negotiations, and strategic sourcing. negotiating contracts, issuing RFPs. Advise and support stakeholders on supplier and sourcing strategies.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Cardinal Health/Pharmaceuticals - Procurement Lead - Indirect Materials 6/2023 - 6/5/2024 • Provide procurement support for packaging materials, Equipment, MRO Supplies, Facilities, CaPex, IT services. • Develop, lead and execute category strategies, conduct sourcing RFP events, manage suppliers, bid Analysis. • Primary responsibilities draft RFP, review bids, negotiate with supplier issue a contract, including MSA

• Review(SOWs) with stakeholder, issue NDAs, review redlines exceptions with stakeholders and legal • Advise and support stakeholders on supplier and sourcing strategies to leverage, secure favorable T&C

• Savings: Negotiated a $1.0 million dollar savings on a 3 year term contract for packaging products

• Manage Request for Proposal (RFP) events within assigned indirect categories

Takeda Pharmaceutical (contractor) 05/2021 – 11/2022

Procurement Analyst - Indirect Materials & Services, CaPex, Facilities, Engineering and Construction Projects • Responsible for leading efforts of purchasing capital equipment and indirect goods and services in North America.

• Strategic Sourcing Indirect responsible for developing and executing strategy to source indirect goods and services • Create and negotiate MSA, SOWs, SRL Contracts, CaPex Site PO, RFP, RFI, NDA, Bid Analysis

• Perform sourcing and contracting processes for large/ complex categories, and key deliverable within category strategy

• Perform vendor uploading and management processes to align with internal stakeholder & strategic sourcing.

• Negotiate EPCM contracts. e-Procurement tools (e.g., Ariba) to manage sourcing projects

• Asst in the preparation of and/ or issue contracts and SOWs (or large purchase orders) for legal review and approval

• Lead and manage the full RFP, RFI, MSA, SOW, NDAs process from development through contract execution

• Experience interacting with attorney’s and/or contract managers to negotiate legal terms and conditions

Innophos Inc., Cranbury, NJ 3/2019 – 01/2021

Global Indirect Category Senior Buyer

• Provide procurement support to Engineering, Construction, CaPex, Facilities, Packing Materials and Professional Services

• Create and negotiate NDAs,MSA, SOW for Construction Projects EPCM, CaPex and Facilities. Engineering,

• Manage subcontractors to meet all subcontract requirements including KPIs, Service Agreement and T&C

• Prepare and issue NDA, RFP, SOW, drawings, specifications to support proposal and program requirements for engineering • Lead subcontract proposal evaluations, address supplier RFIs and exceptions to company Terms & Conditions

• Perform market knowledge of IT software contracting trends, licensing models, and business models

• Champion the end-to-end procurement process, and execute cross-functionally to meet business and financial targets

Johnson Matthey Pharmaceutical, Paulsboro, NJ (contractor) 4/2018 – 12/2018

Senior Buyer – CaPex and IT Services and License, Construction Projects (contractor)

• Administer procurement contracts for IT professional services,, Equipment, CAPEX and Construction projects EPCM

• Created and negotiated RFP, NDA, MSA, SOW and Service Agreements

• Negotiate with vendor contract terms and conditions for supplier agreement and blanket purchase orders

• Evaluate competitive bids to determine the best overall value and perform TCO

• Prepared RFP and reviewed bid proposals consistent with purchasing policies and procedures

Bristol-Myers Squibb, Lawrenceville & Hopewell, NJ (contractor) 3/2016 – 1/2018

Global Sourcing Manager - CaPex, Construction & Engineering Projects (EPCM)(contractor)

• Lead the development and implementation of sourcing strategies and contracts for assigned commodities

• Provide Procurement support for Facilities & Engineering and Construction capital projects

• Prepared documents, negotiated cost, price and terms and conditions, and executed major subcontracts

• Execute RFP events and contracts for capital Projects via Ariba with focus on Facilities, Engineering & Construction

• Develops and executes NDAs, RFP and RFI, leads negotiations with suppliers and develops and executes contracts

• Review competitive bids, quotations and proposals with relevant specifications, terms and conditions

• Execute RFP events, develop Statements of Work (SOW), MSA and EPCM contracts for projects, obtain CDA

Catalent Pharmaceutical Solutions, Philadelphia, PA (fulltime) 3/2015 – 2/2016

Clinical Trials - Lead Senior Buyer/ - Clinical Outsourcing, Indirect Materials & Services, Logistics, Lab Equipment

• Responsible for maintenance of Clinical Partner Outsourcing contracts • Managing contract lifecycle management for following types of contracts: Confidentiality Agreements (CDAs),

Letters of Authorization (LOAs) to authorize work with Contract Research Organizations (CROs) • Format and route contracts for signature via LINC/Axerion/Adobe eSigniture and DocuSign. • Purchase various clinical supplies and equipment in support of client clinical trials worldwide

Firmenich Inc., Plainsboro, NJ (fulltime) 6/2013 – 8/2014

Purchasing Lead, COE – IT Software & Services, Indirect Materials & Services (contractor)

• Negotiated IT contracts with company accepted terms and conditions.

• Negotiate & administer procurement contracts for Indirect Commodities such as Capital Equipment, MRO, and Services.

• Manage contracts, monitor spends and review vendor performance, key performance indicators.

• Manage Capex relating to Capital Equipment, Facilities, Packaging, Services, Construction Projects and MRO.

• Work with key suppliers to negotiate terms and conditions and follow-up on performance issues.

PSEG Services Corporation, Newark, NJ (fulltime) 3/2011 – 6/2013

Contract Administrator Lead - Indirect Materials & Services, CaPex, IT Software/SaaS, Engineering Services.

• Proven experience in electric or gas utility, including distribution and/or transmission/substations

• Negotiate & administer procurement contracts for Indirect Commodities such as Capital Equipment, MRO, and Services.

• Negotiated, developed and implemented EPC contracts for assigned categories.

• Prepared RFQ/RFI/RFPs and review bid proposals consistent with purchasing policies and procedures

• Negotiated lowest possible cost while maintaining the highest quality of goods and services

• Maintained updated Purchasing conditions (SAP, Contracts and Source-list)

• Supervised one junior Buyer located at the assigned generating station.

Independence Blue Cross, Philadelphia, PA (fulltime) 3/2007 – 12/2010

Contract Administrator Lead - Strategic Sourcing

• Lead and negotiated contracts relating to IT Software/SaaS, Professional Services and Facilities.

• Responsible for managing and overseeing all IT contracts for healthcare services within the organization.

• Lead & conducted contract negotiations on terms and conditions for high-risk complex agreements.

• Interact with legal relating to red-line changes relating to Master Services agreement and Trms and Conditions.

• Prepared RFQ/RFI/RFPs and reviewed bid proposals consistent with purchasing policies and procedures.

Additional Experience

Military: US Air Force, 5 years (SAC) - Honorable Discharge

Logistics & Inventory Specialist - Support of B-52 Bomber's aircraft, repairs, munitions and avionics.

• Responsible for developing, evaluating, monitoring, and supervising logistics areas, Supply Chain for critical parts.

• Performed adaptive planning; wartime reserve material planning; creating agreements; staging and planning.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

• Master of Science (MS)- University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, Major: Operations Management, 1985

• Bachelor of Science (BS) - Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL Major: Industrial Technology, 1984

• Associate of Applied Science (AA) - Community College - US Air Force, Major: Logistics & Inventory, 1982

• Certification: Green Belt Certified

• CPM - In progress

Foreign Language: Fluent in English, Spanish and understand some Portuguese

Computer Skills: SAP/Ariba, Contracts, SAP MM R/3, SAP ECC, Ariba Contracts (CLA), e-Procurement, ERP, PeopleSoft, Oracle, AS400, MS Office, JD Edwards, MRP, MS Word, Power Point, MS Excel, Access, MS Windows, MS Project, MS Teams, Pivot Tables, CONGA. ServiceNow, COUPA, Sales Force, LINC/Axerion, Legacy Contract Management, Visio, BW, Esker.

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